Amazon used to provide a price protection policy, if you purchased an item and it went down in price within seven days they would refund you the difference. The downside to this price protection policy is that you had ask for this refund, most people didn’t bother tracking the price drops so it wasn’t a very expensive policy for Amazon to have.
Recently a bunch of apps and websites (most notably Paribus) have made this easier for consumers by automating the process and taking a cut of any of the money they got you refunded. As far as I know Amazon didn’t have an official policy when it came to price protection, it’s just something they offered customers (and customer service representatives would specifically mention this unofficial policy when processing these requests).
Unfortunately it looks like this is no longer the case and they will no longer refund you the difference if you purchase an item that has gone down in price. Apparently they will still continue this unofficial policy on TVs.
Hat tip to Tech Crunch
